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Cricket World Cup awards

Overview of awards presented as part of the Cricket World Cup

Summary

Overview of awards presented as part of the Cricket World Cup

At the end of each ICC Cricket World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

Awards summary

There are currently four post-tournament awards:

  • the Golden Bat Award (currently termed "ICC Golden Bat") for top run scorer, first awarded in 1975;
  • the Golden Ball Award (currently termed "ICC Golden Ball") for top wicket getter, first awarded in 1975;
  • the Player of the tournament Award (currently termed "ICC Player of the tournament") for outstanding performance in the entire World Cup tournament, first awarded in 1992;
  • the Player of the match in Final Award (currently termed "ICC Player of the match in Final") for outstanding player in World Cup finals, first awarded in 1975;

Player of the tournament

YearPlayerStats
1992New Zealand Martin Crowe456 runs
1996Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya221 runs & 6 wickets
1999South Africa Lance Klusener281 runs & 17 wickets
2003India Sachin Tendulkar673 runs & 2 wickets
2007Australia Glenn McGrath26 wickets
2011India Yuvraj Singh362 runs & 15 wickets
2015Australia Mitchell Starc22 wickets
2019New Zealand Kane Williamson578 runs
2023India Virat Kohli765 runs & 1 wicket

Player of the match in Final

YearPlayerStats
1975West Indies Clive Lloyd102
1979West Indies Viv Richards138*
1983India Mohinder Amarnath26 and 3/12
1987Australia David Boon75
1992Pakistan Wasim Akram33* and 3/49
1996Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva3/42 and 107*
1999Australia Shane Warne4/33
2003Australia Ricky Ponting140*
2007Australia Adam Gilchrist149
2011India MS Dhoni91*
2015Australia James Faulkner3/36
2019England Ben Stokes84*
2023Australia Travis Head137
2027
2031

Golden Bat

The Golden Bat Award goes to the top run scorer of the ICC World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the run scorers, the first time an award was given was in 1975. If there is more than one player with the same number of runs both of them are awarded with the Golden Bat. India is the only country whose players have won the Golden Bat a record 5 times (Sachin Tendulkar in 1996 & 2003, Rahul Dravid in 1999, Rohit Sharma in 2019 and Virat Kohli in 2023).

World CupWinnerRuns
1975New Zealand Glenn Turner333
1979West Indies Gordon Greenidge253
1983England David Gower384
1987England Graham Gooch471
1992New Zealand Martin Crowe456
1996India Sachin Tendulkar523
1999India Rahul Dravid461
2003India Sachin Tendulkar673
2007Australia Matthew Hayden659
2011Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan500
2015New Zealand Martin Guptill547
2019India Rohit Sharma648
2023India Virat Kohli765
2027
2031

Golden Ball

The Golden Ball Award goes to the top wicket taker of the ICC World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the wicket takers, the first time an award was given was in 1975.

If there is more than one player with the same number of wickets both of them are awarded with the Golden Ball.

World CupWinnerWickets
1975Australia Gary Gilmour11
1979England Mike Hendrick10
1983India Roger Binny18
1987Australia Craig McDermott18
1992Pakistan Wasim Akram18
1996India Anil Kumble15
1999New Zealand Geoff Allott
Australia Shane Warne20
20
2003Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas23
2007Australia Glenn McGrath26
2011Pakistan Shahid Afridi
India Zaheer Khan21
21
2015Australia Mitchell Starc
New Zealand Trent Boult22
22
2019Australia Mitchell Starc27
2023India Mohammed Shami24
2027
2031

References

References

  1. (19 November 2023). "World Cup 2023 Award Winners List: Virat Kohli claims Player of the Tournament title following dream run". IndiaTV.
  2. Dubey, Nitesh. (5 November 2025). "Indian Players To Win ICC Player of The Tournament Award: Virat Kohli To Deepti Sharma - Check Full List". ZNews.
  3. Kumar, Anurag. (3 October 2023). "List of Man of The Series winners in the Cricket World Cups". Financial Express.
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